Forum

Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to:

Common uses

• Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the United States
• Forum (Roman), open public space within a Roman city
  • Roman Forum, most famous example
• Internet forum, discussion board on the Internet
• Public forum debate, a type of high school debate

Places

Natural features

• Forum Peak, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
• Piz Fora, a mountain in the Alps

Populated places

• Forum, Arkansas, United States
• Blandford Forum, town in England
• Forum Fulvii, Roman settlement in Italy

Arts and entertainment

For venues, see § Sports and entertainment venues.

• Forum (album), a 2001 pop/soft rock album by Invertigo
• The Forum (vocal group), organized by American musician Les Baxter
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a 1962 musical
  • A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film), a 1966 farce musical comedy film based upon the musical

Media

Periodicals

• Forum (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi current affairs magazine
• Forum (business magazine), Swedish-language magazine in Finland
• Forum (Macedonian magazine), a weekly political magazine in the Republic of Macedonia
• Penthouse Forum, an American pornographic magazine
• The Forum (defunct magazine), an American magazine between 1886 and 1950
• The Forum, an official magazine of Alcoholics Anonymous
• The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, a newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota

Radio

• Forum (KQED), a radio show on KQED-FM hosted by Michael Krasny
• The Forum (BBC World Service), an international radio discussion show

Businesses and organizations

For facilities, see § Places.

• Forum (alternative dispute resolution), formerly known as the National Arbitration Forum
• Berkeley Forum, a student organization at the University of California, Berkeley
• Forum Group, an Australian company
• ISKCON Youth Forum (IYF) Ahmedabad, a youth organisation
• The Forum, a group involved in the origins of The Urantia Book
• The Forum, a brand of self-help firm Landmark Worldwide
• World Economic Forum, a Swiss nonprofit foundation

Events

• European Forum Alpbach, held by a political and economic thinktank
• OpenForum, a conference held in Cape Town in 2012
• SCO Forum, a computer conference held in the United States from 1987 to 2008
• Universal Forum of Cultures, an international cultural event
• World Social Forum, an annual meeting of civil society organizations

Facilities

Shopping centres

• Forum (Kolkata), Kolkata, India
• Forum (shopping centre), Helsinki, Finland
• Foorum, Tallinn, Estonia
• Forum The Shopping Mall, Singapore
• The Forum (shopping mall), Bangalore, India
• The Forum on Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States
• The Forum Shops at Caesars, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Sports and entertainment venues

• Broome County Forum Theatre, a theater in Binghamton, New York commonly called The Forum
• FedExForum, an arena in Memphis, Tennessee
• Forum Copenhagen, exhibition, concert, and faire building in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Mediolanum Forum, an indoor arena Milan, Italy
• Montreal Forum, a historic arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Tampa Bay Times Forum, arena in Tampa Bay, Florida
• The Forum (Inglewood, California), also LA Forum, Los Angeles Forum, an indoor arena in Inglewood, California
• The Forum (Chicago), an event venue in Chicago, Illinois
• The Forum, Bath, an event venue and church in Bath, Somerset, England
• The Forum, London, a nightclub and live music venue in Kentish Town, London
• The Forum, a former Toronto venue on the site of the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
• The Forum Barrow, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
• Thessaloniki Forum, an indoor arena in Greece
• Tunbridge Wells Forum, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
• Forum Theatre, a live music venue in Melbourne, Australia

Other buildings

• Forum Restaurant, Sino Plaza, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
• Forum Station, a metro station in Copenhagen
• Informatics Forum, on the campus of the University of Edinburgh
• The Forum (Dubai), a future highrise tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• The Forum, Norwich, a library, tourist information office and headquarters of the BBC in Norwich
• The Forum at 343 East 74th Street, a residential building in New York City

See also

• Foraminifera, a phylum or class of amoeboid protists
• National Forum (disambiguation)